21.   The Swedes hope to open the road for all traffic in a day or two, said Capt. Hans Stening.

22.   They hope the road will be opened today.

23.   When the road was opened, guidebooks of the day said the Kabul-to-Kandahar trip took six and a half hours.

24.   When the road was opened, guidebooks of the day say the Kabul-to-Kandahar trip took six and a half hours.

25.   When Western powers look at the Balkans these days, they often gauge progress by the number of weapons stilled, roads opened and refugees trudging home.

26.   Opening the road would link Jaffna, a former rebel stronghold captured by the army two years ago, with the rest of the country.

27.   A roadblock in front of Qalqilya was opened, and a road was opened into Tulkarem.

28.   A U.N. commander was scheduled to inspect the demilitarized zone Wednesday and the two warring sides were to hold talks on opening the roads.

29.   A U.N. official warned Sunday that the agreement to open the roads was only verbal.

30.   Aid agencies, including the WFP and Red Cross, have been pleading with the warring factions to open the roads leading into the city.